Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Katherine Robinson and Brian Holder.

Attached

The meeting procedure was noted.

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 15 July 2009 attached.

The Minutes of the meeting held on 15 July 2009 were received and approved for signature by the Chair.

Report back on items decided within seven days of the meeting held on xx xxxxxxx 200x (if applicable).

There were no previously deferred items requiring an update.

(If any.)

No personal or prejudicial interests in respect of the agenda items were declared at the meeting.

The Group members discussed the proposals from TfL which had been presented to them and recommended that The Cabinet member for Traffic Transport and Parking

agree to:-

• support the new London Bus Real Time Information Countdown initiative,

• request that Transport for London include the key bus routes e.g. 481 and 490.

• Register Richmond’s concerns on the proposed removal of the 30 well used existing Real Time Information signs without any plan for their replacement.

The Group Members also expressed concerns about a number of issues they wished to bring to TfL – London Buses attention, namely:

-the loss of countdown signs at existing sites where travellers have had this information relayed to the stop for some time,

-the loss of signs in areas of the borough where there is no alternative public transport to the bus service, e.g. Ham and Petersham with no underground or other rail service, also compounded by being an area of relative deprivation,

-those routes with low frequency which can lead to gaps in the service,

- those routes to the Airport, Interchanges and visitor attractions, e.g. 490 to Heathrow, Hammersmith bus/underground and Kew Gardens.

[There had been 1 representation from a member of Teddington Society which would be forwarded to Transport for London.

No representations were made].